RjCorazza
Elite Member
My hammer flail works about the same. I have yet to mow something that didn't get clean cut and finely mulched.
Other than price, it's hard to beat a flail mower for the finished cut and mulching.
Flail Mower Need advice on right cutting attachment
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My hammer flail works about the same. I have yet to mow something that didn't get clean cut and finely mulched.
Other than price, it's hard to beat a flail mower for the finished cut and mulching.
paulsharvey
Super Member
I have never been impressed or satisfied with my flail mower. As someone showed, anything longer than maybe the top of the fail, gets stripped of leaves, but the stocks remain, even stuff thats like 1/4" in diameter. Wire like grasses, the stems often take 3 or 4 passes, from different directions to really cut.
An important note, mine has "duck feet" teeth; which i had always heard/assumed was half way between side cutter teeth and hammer teeth. I have recently seen some videos that suggest duck feet are a finish cut, low grass only, and the design isnt about heavy duty (vs side cutters), but about air flow, and uplift to give a truly finished cut?
So, maybe thats my issue; but I have never gotten/seen the results other brag about with flails.
An important note, mine has "duck feet" teeth; which i had always heard/assumed was half way between side cutter teeth and hammer teeth. I have recently seen some videos that suggest duck feet are a finish cut, low grass only, and the design isnt about heavy duty (vs side cutters), but about air flow, and uplift to give a truly finished cut?
So, maybe thats my issue; but I have never gotten/seen the results other brag about with flails.
leonz
Super Member
Scoop knives also referred to as duck foot blades and
hammer knife flail knives have difficulty recutting
material a second time as they do not have enough
cutting edge length to generate a great deal of suction
also referred to as the pressure gradient to lift the
clippings or brush a second time versus the use of
side slicers which will continue to create the pressure
gradient/suction to lift the clippings brush to slice them
a second or third time to create a fine clipping that will
dissolve into the sod ground.
hammer knife flail knives have difficulty recutting
material a second time as they do not have enough
cutting edge length to generate a great deal of suction
also referred to as the pressure gradient to lift the
clippings or brush a second time versus the use of
side slicers which will continue to create the pressure
gradient/suction to lift the clippings brush to slice them
a second or third time to create a fine clipping that will
dissolve into the sod ground.
paulsharvey
Super Member
Another dig at flails; they are designed to cut going forward, not backward. So, you pretty much have to drive over it. A rotaty cutter, does both. So, generally, the first few cuts, much of it, you lift, back and lower to knock it all down. After a few cuts, its pretty well knocked down, and the next mow, you can do all in forward
